Lectures on the English Comic WritersJ.M. Dent and Company, 1900 - 304 oldal |
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67. oldal
... scene in which Brainworm praises mist " Master Stephen's leg . The folly here is insipid from its being seemingly carried to an excess , till we see it ; and then we laugh the more at it , the more incredible we thought it before ...
... scene in which Brainworm praises mist " Master Stephen's leg . The folly here is insipid from its being seemingly carried to an excess , till we see it ; and then we laugh the more at it , the more incredible we thought it before ...
118. oldal
... scene after scene on the spur of the occasion , and from the immediate hold they take of his imagination at the moment , without any previous bias or ultimate purpose , much more powerfully , with more verve , and in a richer vein of ...
... scene after scene on the spur of the occasion , and from the immediate hold they take of his imagination at the moment , without any previous bias or ultimate purpose , much more powerfully , with more verve , and in a richer vein of ...
184. oldal
... scene , which is a fault undoubtedly : but then , it must be con- fessed , everything is brought home in its full force to the mind of the reader also ; and we feel the same interest in the story as if it were our own . Can anything be ...
... scene , which is a fault undoubtedly : but then , it must be con- fessed , everything is brought home in its full force to the mind of the reader also ; and we feel the same interest in the story as if it were our own . Can anything be ...
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